Life Skills Program
Get the Support You Need to Build Everyday Skills. Personalised support that fits your life and your pace.
Whether you're building one new skill or working towards a broader range of independence goals, our compassionate team is here to support you.
What Our Life Skills Program Includes
Our program is flexible and tailored to suit each participant's goals, current skill level and everyday life readiness.
Budgeting & Money Skills
Managing money is a key part of independence. We support you to build:
- Budgeting and saving basics
- Understanding bills and expenses
- Online and mobile banking
- Shopping within a budget
- Recognising scams and financial risks
- Setting simple financial goals
Cooking & Meal Planning
Good nutrition supports energy and independence. Tenax Supports helps with:
- Planning healthy, affordable meals
- Cooking together, step by step
- Following dietary requirements
- Food safety basics
- Building kitchen confidence
Using Public Transport
Getting around independently opens up more of everyday life. We help with:
- Planning trips and reading timetables
- Using myki and other transport apps
- Practising routes with a support worker
- Building confidence travelling solo
- Staying safe while travelling
Communication & Social Skills
Confident communication skills and social skills help in every part of life. Our team supports you to:
- Build everyday conversation skills
- Practise phone and email communication
- Navigate social situations confidently
- Advocate for your own needs
- Build and maintain relationships
Personal Care & Daily Routines
Confidence in personal care and self care supports dignity and independence in everyday life. Depending on what's included in your plan, we can support you to build:
- Personal hygiene and grooming routines
- Getting dressed and daily self-care tasks
- Consistent morning and evening routines
- Healthy habits around sleep, activity and wellbeing
- Reminders and prompts for appointments or medication
Household Routines
Everyday household routines build structure and independence. Tenax Supports provides assistance with cleaning, laundry, organisation and other household routines when funded in your NDIS plan.
Life Skills Program Frequently Asked Questions
A Life Skills Program is an NDIS-funded support that helps participants build everyday skills for greater independence, such as budgeting, cooking, communication, using public transport and managing a household.
NDIS participants with funding for Capacity Building - Increased Social and Community Participation, or Core Supports, may be able to access these programs. Tenax Supports can review your plan and help explain what applies to you.
Tenax Supports can assist with a wide range of everyday skills, including:
- Budgeting and money management
- Cooking and meal planning
- Household routines and organisation
- Using public transport
- Communication and social skills
- Decision-making and problem-solving
- Digital literacy
Yes. Choice and control are central to our services. We work with you to understand your goals and priorities, and tailor the program to the skills that matter most to you.
Our life skills sessions run at two locations in Melbourne's west — Werribee and Hoppers Crossing — supporting NDIS participants across the Wyndham area. Both locations are minutes from our head office at 935 Tarneit Rd, Tarneit, and transport to and from sessions can be arranged where it is funded in your NDIS plan. In Werribee, sessions are based at Werribee VIC 3030 — Our Werribee sessions sit close to Werribee Station, the Watton Street shops and the Wyndham Cultural Centre, so groups can practise real community access on foot. Convenient for participants in Werribee, Werribee South, Wyndham Vale and Point Cook. In Hoppers Crossing, sessions are based at Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029 — Our Hoppers Crossing sessions run near Hoppers Crossing Station and the Pacific Werribee shopping precinct, with plenty of parking and easy drop-off. Convenient for participants in Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit, Truganina, Williams Landing and Laverton. Not sure which location suits you? Contact our team or make a referral. Participants living in our Tarneit SIL home and other Victorian homes can also join either location.
Start Building Everyday Skills Today
If you'd like support building everyday skills and greater independence, our friendly team is here to help.
Your goals. Your pace. Your path to independence — supported with care.